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Delta II | Opportunity Rover launched on Tue, Jul 8, 2003, 03:18 AM UTC — a United States Air Force mission.
NET Tue, Jul 8, 2003, 03:18 AM UTC
Live coverage
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Delta II to Heliocentric N/A. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Delta II ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
Opportunity, also known as MER-B or MER-1, and nicknamed "Oppy", is a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004 until the middle of 2018. Opportunity was able to stay operational for 5111 sols after landing, maintaining its power and key systems through continual recharging of its batteries using solar power, and hibernating during events such as dust storms to save power. Due to the planetary 2018 dust storm on Mars, Opportunity ceased communications on June 10 and entered hibernation on June 12, 2018. It was hoped it would reboot once the weather cleared, but it did not, suggesting either a catastrophic failure or that a layer of dust had covered its solar panels.
Around this launch
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Good to know
Delta II | Opportunity Rover is scheduled to lift off Tue, Jul 8, 2003, 03:18 AM UTC.
Watch the official live webcast embedded on this page — it goes live shortly before liftoff.
Delta II | Opportunity Rover is an United States Air Force mission flying on a Delta II.
It lifts off from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.